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    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    WOW, that's nuts. Flik Skyshiv saw play in every rogue deck, and that only destroyed 1 minion + all copies wherever they are. This is ALL minions on the board + copies wherever they are. Oh aggro decks keep drawing cards and filling boards? How about i play Whirlpool and destroy their board AND crush their dreams of reloading? This is an insane boardclear, which i would have expected as a legendary card instead. This card will be a must-include for ANY slower priest deck untill it rotates.

    Also considering all the Reno Jackson in core set teases we got prior to the expansion reveal, Reno decks might return. And Whirlpool is not good at all against reno decks. so that's a potential weakness of the card. Also it costs 9 mana, and it can delete minions in your own deck. But still if you live against any aggro deck Whirlpool will just instantly win you the game... unless it's Defend the Dwarven District hunter killing you turn 6. 

    Still i see this card getting played a LOT. Also in control priest mirriors it might be beneficial to cast this when you have minions on board, just so you can have the deathrattles and stuff in the Xyrella, the Devout pool, while your opponent probably wont.

    In wild i'm not sure if it sees play. Plague of Death isn't seen that often AND 9 cost cards are very hard to play in wild... mainly considering your probably dead to Defend the Dwarven District hunter, Raid the Docks warrior or Burn shaman around turn 6. (if not earlier)

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    The base minion has rush, so it has immidiate impact on the board. And on top of that it has a deathrattle that shuffles something good into your deck. I like it! This feels like something Deathrattle DH will run. I feel like this might replace the rotating Renowned Performer in deathrattle DH. Also DH is good at drawing cards, so even if dredge fails you probably get to this card fairly quickly. Of course DH could get an amazing dredge card as well, so that would make this card even better. 

    As for the shuffled card: 5 mana for a 5/3 with charge is already good, similarly to a Leeroy Jenkins AND on top of that, it deals 5 dmg to a enemy minion after it attacks. The shuffled card to me might be the reason to run dredge in DH, or Crushclaw Enforcer to try to tutor it out.

    One thing that should be noted is that the shuffled card is a naga, which could have some additional synergy. We don't know what the core set is, but i wouldn't be surprised if N'Zoth, God of the Deep is in it. And this naga seems like a very good ress target IF N'zoth is in the core set.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    Okay WTF is this card. How is this ONLY 2 mana? This is insane. Their already giving hunter a Twinbow Terrorcoil into Aimed Shot + heropower for 12 damage combo that can come out as early as turn 5. And now their ADDITIONALLY giving hunters THIS. Sure a bunch of spells are rotating, but this is still incredably powerfull. I thought they said they were going to make the game more board based again, but it looks like Hunter will be even less interactive than before. This card is just a must-include in every hunter deck. It can also help Secret hunter pop off, because you can turn secrets into FACE dmg. 

    Also considering they showed us these spell syngergy spells, i wouldn't be surprised if they print a bunch of spells.. Everyone "welcome" our Defend the Dwarven District overlords... even though Defend the Dwarven District might be too slow for this new deck...

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    This collosal seems really bad, which is unsurprising considering it's priest. There has to be more to this.

    i can only see 2 scenarios where it might see play:

    1. Priest needs the big removal desperately.

    2. N'Zoth, God of the Deep is in the core set, AND if summoning an appendage also summons the main body. (Basicly if Behemoth's Lure is summoned it also summons Blackwater Behemoth) If this interaction does not work i dont see it getting played in any kind of ress deck. 

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    Your NEXT spell. Okay so this slots into Defend the Dwarven District hunter for sure. This card seems really strong.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    This is a interesting card. Priest is bad at drawing cards, so they might just run it because it draws 2 cards.

    In standard this might be good in a Bless priest deck.

    In wild you could play this with Stonetusk Boar and The Darkness into Divine Spirit + Inner Fire for a 40 dmg OTK. I can see Markmckz do this already.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    Hmm this is a interesting card. I feel like this will see play in some kind of handbuff decks in order to double up on the buffs. 

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    Insane card. 1 mana deal 2 is good, and it manipulates which card you draw next turn. Great card! Will see a lot of play in both standard and wild.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    Bad stats, probably only sees play when generated.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    Very sticky murloc, those are rare. This might help make murloc shaman a deck again, after all that deck is starved for murlocs.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    Interesting card. Worst case scenario it's just +2 dmg with Jace Darkweaver. Fury (Rank 1) might be better though.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    Flamewaker but with mechs. This seems really strong! Mech mage is back. Mecha-Shark deals the 3 dmg whenever you SUMMON a mech. Which means that playing Gaia, the Techtonic probably will trigger the effect 3 times, for 12 dmg split among all enemies. And then you still have Gaias dmg waves. Of course you will need to keep Mecha-Shark alive which might be hard, but you have ways of generating new Mecha-Sharks. (Azsharan Sweeper, the new amalgam and Deeprun Engineer.) Mech mage is looking solid already.

    And in wild... Mechwarper exists, so this might lead to some kind of combo.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    Strong card. it's a big holy spell, so it discounts The Garden's Grace and paladin LOVES minions to buff up, and there is a good chance that one of these taunts survives a turn. And it keeps paladins alive. Also it can be discounted with Cariel Roame.

    In standard i think this will see play in any slower/control paladin deck. Also this might see play in Big paladin.

    In wild i dont think this ever sees play.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    Very good card for any mage deck that runs nagas. great card.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    Amazing after turn 3 Wild Growth. (If it's still in the core set) 5 mana get a 6/6 taunt is really nice, and better stats than most 5 drops will have. And 6 1/1s with rush is a mini Scale of Onyxia which can help remove a bunch of minions. This will 100% see play in any "slower" druid decks like ramp druid.

    In wild it wont see play. There are way better options.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    Meh, just an arena card.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    VERY hard to kill, AND you can probably draw at least 2 pirates with it. And rogue is losing A LOT of draw during the rotation. Lot's of important cards like Swindle, Secret Passage and Cutting Class are rotating. Which means Cutlass Couriers tutorred draw will be a lot more appreciated.

    Turn 1 Blackwater Cutlass into turn 2 Coin into Cutlass Courier could allow you to draw at least 2 cards.

    Or turn 2 hero power into turn 3 Cutlass Courier is also 1 guaranteed card and a 2nd one if it survives the turn.

    A thing to remember is that 5 health minions are VERY difficult to deal with in the early game. And considering Captain Hooktusk seems to be getting a new version. (She's in the expansions trailer) i bet this will see play in pirate rogue.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    Very good card. Must include in any deck that uses a bunch of nagas. 

    Maybe this makes the druid naga legendary better, because you can tutor it out. And druid has lots of cheap spells.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    This needs some more support. But if it gets a bit of support, i think it might see play. Especially because Mor'shan Elite is also still in standard. This card has some potential.

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    Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

    Arena card. However it MIGHT see play in Naga priest, if their despirate for nagas.